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Thu, 19 Jan 2017 09:00:00 ESTAs the clock winds down on his presidency, President Obama has commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of leaking hundreds of thousands of US diplomatic and military documents to WikiLeaks. Manning told Adrian...What Kerry got wrong in his Israel speechhttp://www.michaelrubin.org/19519/kerry-israel-speech
Wed, 28 Dec 2016 09:00:00 ESTSecretary of State John Kerry laid out his vision of a Middle East peace deal on Wednesday. Rather than achieve peace between Israel and Palestinians, however, Kerry will be remembered for catalyzing terrorism and setting back the cause of peace for...Why Should We Trust Erdogan's Spies?http://www.michaelrubin.org/19449/turkey-spies
Fri, 9 Dec 2016 09:00:00 ESTAt the heart of controversy over intelligence embraced in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq were 16 words inserted into President George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union address: "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently...Erdogan Makes a Bid for the Militaryhttp://www.michaelrubin.org/19414/erdogan-military
Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:00:00 ESTMuch of the reason why so many diplomats and analysts got the trajectory of Turkey so wrong for so long is that they focused on the cosmetic over the substantive. They focused upon the debate about headscarves in schools and universities, but ignored...Will Erdogan Bring Assassinations Here?http://www.michaelrubin.org/19435/erdogan-assassinations
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:00:00 ESTTurkey has never been known for its respect for human rights, but one of the most troubling aspects of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rule has been Turkey's increasing aggressiveness toward dissidents and political opponents, not only within Turkey's...Trump's troubling security adviserhttp://www.michaelrubin.org/19403/michael-flynn-appointment
Sat, 19 Nov 2016 09:00:00 ESTPresident-elect Donald Trump has asked retired general and former Defense Intelligence Agency head Michael Flynn to serve as his national security adviser. It is a crucial post which oversees the execution of Trump's foreign and defense policy. That...Trump Team's First Ethics Scandalhttp://www.michaelrubin.org/19389/trump-team-first-ethics-scandal
Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:00:00 ESTIt's only been a few days, but already it seems Donald Trump's presumptive foreign policy and national security team could be weathering its first scandal. I have written about General Michael Flynn, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency...Erdogan's Troop Incursion Into Iraq Threatens NATO Unityhttp://www.michaelrubin.org/19370/erdogan-incursion-iraq
Sat, 5 Nov 2016 09:00:00 ESTTurkish forces are massing along the Iraqi border, while President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens a further incursion into Iraq to prevent Iraqi forces—especially Shiite militias—from establishing control over key towns following their liberation from...Turkey is Headed for a Bloodbathhttp://www.michaelrubin.org/19347/turkey-bloodbath
Thu, 3 Nov 2016 09:00:00 ESTTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called the failed July 15 coup attempt a "gift from God." The Turkish government immediately blamed Erdoğan's former ally-turned-rival Fethullah Gülen for being behind the plot, the genesis of which remains unclear,...Turkey Should Play No Part in Liberating Mosulhttp://www.michaelrubin.org/19309/iraq-mosul-turkey
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 09:00:00 ESTIn December 2001, US forces had Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden cornered in Tora Bora, a rugged cave complex in eastern Afghanistan not far from the Pakistani border. Rather than tighten the noose with US forces, however, Secretary of Defense Donald...Would a bankrupt Saudi Arabia be good for America?http://www.michaelrubin.org/19269/bankrupt-saudi-arabia
Fri, 7 Oct 2016 09:00:00 ESTIf Saudi Arabia had no oil, the world would be a very different place. Bernard Lewis, the famous emeritus professor of Islamic history at Princeton University, famously analogized the influence of Saudi oil wealth on Islam by saying: If the Ku Klux Klan...Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump wins, the next President needs to take meaningful action in Syria crisishttp://www.michaelrubin.org/19268/election-syria-crisis
Sat, 1 Oct 2016 09:00:00 ESTAs presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump debated last week, Syria was a sideshow. Clinton mentioned the country in passing; Trump ignored it altogether. While they sparred over responsibility for the Islamic State, neither candidate...Did the Defense Department Lie About Closing Lajes?http://www.michaelrubin.org/19234/defense-department-closing-lajes
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:00:00 ESTThe Pentagon continues to reduce forces at Lajes Field in the Azores, a strategic archipelago in the mid-Atlantic. A year ago, the base was already a ghost town. After US taxpayers had spent millions of dollars on housing, schools, and other critical...Will Erdogan Airbrush Atatürk From Turkish Life?http://www.michaelrubin.org/19143/erdogan-ataturk
Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:00:00 ESTThe Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, is a monumental structure that sits amidst parkland on a hill overlooking central Ankara, Turkey's capital. School children, conscripts, professional societies and groups of tourists pay homage to...U.S. should know by now that ransoming hostages with Iran only leads to terrorhttp://www.michaelrubin.org/19083/iran-ransom
Wed, 3 Aug 2016 09:00:00 ESTOn January 16, 2016, as the United States, Iran, and other world powers began to implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the diplomatic deal to constrain Iran's nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, four long-imprisoned...